Category: Car and Driver

To celebrate the diamond jubilee of the iconic German brand, a new book explores the history of its first model, and its deeply collaborative past with Hitler and the Nazis.

A handsome new coffee table book looks back at the fascinating and convoluted history of the charging bull brand.

My latest Design Rejects column looks at what Pontiac had planned for the Fiero if it had been granted a second generation, instead of summarily killed.

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For my latest Car and Driver book column, I look at a new collection of Time and Life photographer John Zimmerman’s midcentury images of the Big Three, which show an industry at the peak of its influence.

This 1400-page, four-volume, $350 book set is an amazing contribution to automotive scholarship, documenting the wide-ranging glories of the Japanese car industry.

The actual car that “sat” for this painting is up for sale, but more interesting than that is the story of how the whole project came together.

To Resemble a 1972 Porsche Wristwatch

I’m not a boomer, but I’ve fallen for Corvairs. Here’s why.

“The underlying thesis to the book was not just about cars. It’s the idea that people should be able to hold two ideas in their mind. In this case, one is ‘cars are good,’ and one is ‘cars are bad.’ And one doesn’t cancel the other out.”

Despite the car’s iconic nature and marketplace success, its ongoing existence has often remained precarious. “It was surprising just how fragile Corvette’s survival has been over almost all of its history,” Prince said.